While both breaststroke winners from last year's national meet have graduated, Hubert Kos returns to continue his backstroke ...

Nearly a decade separates the ages of former Cal swimmer Ryan Murphy and Golden Bears freshman Keaton Jones, but they looked similar on Thursday night in the U.S. swimming Olympic Trials in ...

The United States women were dominant in the backstroke events during 2025, taking 17 of the 30 top-10 positions.

Team USA took another hit on Tuesday after the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Evgeny Rylov defeated defending Olympic champ Ryan Murphy in the men’s 100 meter-backstroke, ending the U.S.’ streak of ...

Drama surrounded the men’s 200-meter backstroke at Paris La Defense Arena Wednesday when one swimmer was disqualified and another was missing from the event. Great Britain’s Luke Greenbank touched the ...

The medley relay features teams of four, where each team member swims a different stroke. Teams are usually comprised of a ...

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown broke the women’s 50m backstroke world record on Friday to become the first person to simultaneously hold the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke world records. McKeown finished ...

Cal alumni Ryan Murphy kept alive his hopes of winning an Olympic gold-medal in the 100-meter backstroke, but he barely made it and had some anxious moments before he knew he would participate in ...

To no one's surprise, Ryan Murphy won the men's 200-meter backstroke event on day six of the U.S. trials. Murphy placed first with a time of 1:54.33, surpassing Keaton Jones by 28 seconds, who claimed ...